Marijuana and you...

[Lowflyin 10+ year member]

Smokin heavy 8 years now.

 

[SUNDOWNBITCH]

I have no problem with weed, I feel that if it was legalized that it would cause no harm to anyone but there would be an increase in wrecks. The last time I smoked weed the cops came to my house cause I was smoking in my back yard, they were pissed but let me off. Weed is not bad if you are responsible with it.

 

[Bohemian 10+ year member]

Go do your own research and work. No one wants to do your **** school work.

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

Smokin heavy 8 years now.

x2 and my life has stayed on a steady path to where i want to be. I have gone to school full time (and graduated) while working full time AND smoking daily. if someone were to drink like I moke, they would be dead or at least not living a productive happy life.

I know many people who have been smoking for many years and they are all competent individuals with life goals and ambitions. As was previously stated, a gateway drug is just a buncha bullshit to scare people. If you are the kind of person that NEEDS or depends on any substance to be happy then you're going to do your drugs. the only thing that smoking does as far as gateway drug **** is that it brings you around the people that you could get harder drugs from... but that, again, is 100% your personal choice.

As far as legalization goes.. it needs to ******* happen. Marijuana being illegal is some of the most ***-backwards up legal fuckery you'll ever see. It has so many comercial/economical/medical benefits it's a crime to not take advantage of this plant. Almost all modern medicines are derived from like 12-15 main strains of plants and there is research to suggest that cannabis/THC could hold the potential for massive increases and improvements in this field.

 

[Timmy13091 10+ year member]

**** is legal here in the chi now bitchesss !!!!!!

 

[Slo_Ride 5,000+ posts]

good for hangovers

 

[Jerhemy 10+ year member]

**** is legal here in the chi now bitchesss !!!!!!

wait, wat? this a new thing? or do you just mean since there's so much murder and other hard core crime they've decided to ignore the budz? lmao

 

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good for hangovers

good for NO hang overs too. I've moked half O's in a day before and zero hang over haha.

 

[Timmy13091 10+ year member]

wait, wat? this a new thing? or do you just mean since there's so much murder and other hard core crime they've decided to ignore the budz? lmao 

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good for NO hang overs too. I've moked half O's in a day before and zero hang over haha.

No it's legal bro !! Passed yesterday the first clinic opens the 7th already in wicker park

Called good intentions .. I can't get through on the phone for the life of me !! Time to go legit bro !!!

 

[HighTQCummins 10+ year member]

I have smoked for 6 years, and am at the point where the whole concept is beginning to lose its luster, not that i'm changing my position on it, I do believe it should, and can be, successfully legalized. I have found (once the initial smokin and gettin high thing goes away) that it certainly helps w/ anxiety, granted, once the high goes away, anxiety and the problems you had before are still there. It requires great self restraint to use it, and then be productive (for me) if you were using it for anxiety purposes originally.

I am slowly growing out of it and find myself smoking less and less. As I said, I am not changing my opinion and becoming a "ban weed" person, i'd love to see it legalized, its like underage drinking/tobacco, people are going to get it, its just that they're not "allowed to" right now.

 

[des343 10+ year member]

As far as I'm concerned, there are no sides to the argument. It is not a dangerous drug and it does not have long term negative effects and it certainly isn't a gateway drug, because there is no such thing. While it's true that the body can become dependant on certain substances, that dependence is physical and illicit drugs are far from the only thing that can affect the body in that manner. The addiction is mental and it isn't the substance that's addictive, it's the personality. People who have addictive personalities will become addicted to anything that relieves their stress and brings them closer to a sense of happiness.
The best description I've heard of addiction is as follows. Let's say "normal" happiness is 100 on a scale of 0-200. A person who has a happiness level of 100 can use a drug and reach a level of 140. A person who has a happiness level of 60 can use the same drug in the same amount and reach a normal happiness level. The thing is that when the normally happy person comes off the drug, his happiness level falls to normal, while the other person's happiness level falls back to a negative happiness level. The first person will not become addicted, while the second person will. For more information on this phenomena, I recommend reading "In the Realm of Hungry Ghosts - Close Encounters with Addiction" by Dr. Gabor Mate.

As for the legal status of marijuana, I'm not so arrogant as to profess to know how other people should live their lives. But I do know that I live in a nation that treats its citizens like chattel slaves. The US imprisons a greater percentage of its population than any other nation in the history of humanity. We have more peaceful and non violent individuals in prison or under the supervision of the state than any other current nation has actual violent prisoners and yet we still profess to be a civilized nation. I say hogwash. That's not security, it's barbarism and frankly, it's an embarrassment.

To save going off on too much of a rant here I'll close with this... I think everyone who wants to use drugs (of any kind) should be free to use them. I also hope the state never gets one thin dime in taxes on them because the money will only be spent going on more murder sprees on the other side of the world in pursuit of empire building and enriching the most destructive and sociopathic people among us... Namely politicians, military leaders and others who make up the military industrial complex. We will never be a civilized nation until we stop pointing guns at everyone who does or says something someone else doesn't like.

HIT IT ON THE HEAD!!!! I AGREEEEEEE

EXCEPT where you stated that you hope the government never gets any taxes which i agree but disagree for the fact that if its taxed then it means it legal.

lol

really anything that doesnt DIRECTLY affect ME or people in general shouldnt be bothered with!...like wtf why is everyone so worried about what their EXAMPLE neighbors are doing if it doesnt affect YOU directly i dont give a **** if my neighbor is out on the front porch smoking meth...as long as their house dont blow up and effect MY house...or they arnt coming over with it or trying to offer it to people that CLEARLY shouldnt i.e. children or robbing me for more money to get it.

just saying facebook the governemnt EVERYTHING is goign waaaay to far these days makes me kind of wish i grew up before internet.

 

[mr_naler]

I guess I will just address certain interesting points. To the person that said it only helps you sleep, or with severe anxiety, perhaps try different strains. Even the same strain can affect a person differently. I have only recently gotten into keeping up with strains I have used, but have found what to use for the appropriate situation. As far as having to be extremely self controlled, I believe that goes for any type of medical product. Whether it be pain pills, marijuana, or even vitamin K. Too many vitamins will kill you a lot faster than too much marijuana. Though, I see the point when it comes to smoking before work or being active. At that point, one must use judgement and common sense.

I personally would love to see it legalized as people like myself can stop feeling like criminals when we are simply trying to improve our quality of life. I personally have several things that cannabis helps with: ADD(as contraversial as it may be, it actually helps me focus after smoking small quantities), back pain, frequent headaches as well as occasional anxiety.

 

[Jes 42 10+ year member]

I'm slightly burnt but still smokin.Better than coke or alcohol.Legalize it and get it over with.

 

[LOUDNDEEP 10+ year member]

15 years and going strong...the only inconvenience is having to carry synthetic ***** for the random drug tests at work

 

[thatguy12 10+ year member]

i have grown up around marijuana and many other drugs. after knowing hundreds of smokers nd with swim using it since 11 years old. i can tell you pot it how you take it, it can ruin your life and I've seen it many times, but if used correctly it can enhance your life. pot is a gateway drug due to the illegal market only.

 

[mr_naler]

Personally, and without much evidence to support my view, I believe marijuana has the same capability to ruin someone's life as Xbox. It is possible, but takes a good deal of carelessness and irresponsibility.